Month: June 2010
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sweetness
Today was jam day. The strawberries have been insanely good so far, so today the Boy Child and I went to the U District Farmers Market and scored these beauties. It’s funny how many people are scared to can/preserve things. It’s really not that hard. I’ve done pickled green green beans, spiked apple butter and…
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first day of REAL summer
Against the wishes of my entire family, who would prefer to spend the first real day of summer glued to a screen of some sort, I dragged them to Green Lake, Jack included. And my new camera, though I must confess to still needing to practice with the manual. At some point I switched the…
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shiny
Finally! Something good to write about! And no, sadly, it is not bar-related. (Let’s just get that update out of the way: we are waiting to hear back from the buyers about a lease. Again.) No, THIS is the fun new toy, a Panasonic LX3… It came today. I fired up the battery this morning…
foible and folly 